advanced poker play

Introduction

This week-end, Saturday November 7^th, sees the return of the 2009 World Series of Poker tournament – along with the usual cast of stellar poker players. Top of the list at present is Darvin Moon with his record stack of 58,930,000 chips; however, and as we all know, starting off with the biggest chip stack isn’t necessarily a recipe for success. The eventual winner of the WSOP this year will net around $8.5 million as well as the coveted 2009 WSOP winner’s bracelet.

Also in the field

Also in the field are top caliber and favorite players like Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman, although Phil Ivey finds himself back in seventh stack position with a paltry 9,200,000 chips compared to Darvin’s massive stack. However, Jeff Shulman is ’sitting pretty’ in fourth place with 19,580,000 chips in his stack. Eric Buchman and Steven Begleiter occupy second and third positions behind Darvin. James Akenhead is last in the field with a short stack of 6,800,000 chips.

Amateur or Pro to win?

Just how long this might last if he should win we don’t know, but Darvin considers himself to be an amateur poker player who is merely “riding his luck”. Well if you call making nearly 59 million chips luck – then I guess you’ve got to bet against him finally emerging with the title; however, if he has any ’spare luck’ like that going I for one would be a grateful recipient! Another amateur in the mix is third placed Steve Begleiter, no stranger himself to sitting at the ‘top poker table‘, it is not beyond possibility that Steve could win this poker tournament and yet remain the true amateur. After all Stearns & Co. salaries can make even a big poker win look pretty small fry! Conversely you can never rule out the top pros. So expect Phil, Eric and Jeff to be in at least the final half of the end games, if not in the final mix of this $10,000 buy-in Main Event.

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